Serpent

Clive Cussler introduces new action hero Kurt Austin in his first novel from the NUMA Files. The thrill ride begins when Kurt, leader of a courageous National Underwater Marine Agency, rescues Nina Kirov, a beautiful marine archaeologist, from the lethal grip of a powerful Texas industrialist named Halcon. Now Nina and Kurt must take on a dangerous mission to uncover Halcon's plan to violently carve out a new nation from the southwest United States to Mexico. But before they do that, history reveals an amazing truth: that Columbus may have made a fifth, unknown voyage to America in search of treasure and that the remains of a battered Italian luxury liner may hold the key to not only what Columbus may have found, but also the fate of the United States itself. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.